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hekeha's avatar
hekeha
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Invitation to Dropbox too old

Long time ago (2011) I invited my brother to Dropbox, but now that he tries to activate the link, the link does not work - what to do?
Thank you in advance!

/Henrik

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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    2 years ago

    Hey hekeha, just to clarify, sharing a folder doesn't really count as a referral.

     

    If your brother created an account without using the referral invitation, there's really not much we can do.

     

    If you follow the steps to send a referral on dropbox.com and choose the "copy link" option instead, can your brother sign up through there?

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    2 years ago

    Hey hekeha, thanks for posting to our Community.

     

    Can you please let me know what you were trying to do with this inivitation?

     

    Was this a referral, so you can gain extra space? Or perhaps an invitation to a shared folder?

     

    Let me know and we'll go from there.

    • hekeha's avatar
      hekeha
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      This was a referral but also intended to share a folder.
      Thanks, Hannah!

      /H.

      • Rich's avatar
        Rich
        Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
        2 years ago
        hekeha wrote:

        This was a referral but also intended to share a folder.

        Have you recently tried to send him a referral through your Referrals page? If you only sent him an invitation to join a shared folder, that doesn't count towards a referral.

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